312-85 Practice Test 7 — 10 Questions

Question 1

An organization is structuring a new Threat Intelligence (TI) team and needs to ensure that strategic intelligence reaches executive leadership effectively. Which team role is primarily responsible for translating high-level threat trends into business risk assessments for board members?

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Accepted Answer

Strategic Threat Intelligence Analyst. The Threat Intelligence Manager or Strategic Threat Analyst bridges the gap between technical threat indicators and business risk, ensuring executive leadership understands the strategic impact.

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Vulnerability Assessor

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Malware Reverse Engineer

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Incident Responder

Question 2

During program planning for a threat intelligence capability, the security team maps their intelligence processes to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF). Which CSF function is most directly aligned with establishing Threat Intelligence requirements, gathering sources, and reviewing intelligence collection efficacy?

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Identify (ID). The NIST CSF 'Govern' (GV) and 'Identify' (ID) functions encompass the establishment of policies, procedures, and asset/threat identification, with ID.RA (Risk Assessment) and GV subcategories guiding intelligence requirement definition.

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Recover (RC)

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Respond (RS)

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Protect (PR)

Question 3

An intelligence analyst is tasked with tailoring intelligence requirements for a merger and acquisition (M&A) scenario. Which methodology should be applied during the direction phase to identify threat actors specifically interested in compromising corporate transactions?

Accepted Answer

Target-Centric Intelligence Analysis. Target-centric intelligence analysis focuses specifically on the assets, events, or transactions of interest (such as an M&A deal) and maps out all threat actors known to target those specific equities.

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Network Forensic Packet Capture Analysis

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Signature-Based Intrusion Detection Analysis

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Vulnerability Scoring via CVSS v3.1 Base Metrics

Question 4

When conducting a hunt for 'Golden Ticket' attacks, which attribute should be checked for anomalies in the Kerberos ticket?

Accepted Answer

Ticket lifetime (e.g., 10 years). The ticket lifetime and the account SID are key indicators; Golden Tickets often use a fake domain admin SID.

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Domain controller name

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Client IP address

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Ticket encryption algorithm

Question 5

During program planning for a CTI team, the program manager must define stakeholder engagement protocols. Which THREE stakeholder groups should be actively engaged during the requirements planning and review phases? (Choose THREE)

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Executive Leadership and Risk Management (CISO, CRO). Engaging Incident Response, Security Operations, and Executive Management ensures that CTI requirements align with operational needs and executive risks.

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Residential landscaping contractors

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External catering service providers

Question 6

During the requirements planning phase, a CTI analyst categorizes intelligence needs based on consumer levels. Which THREE types of intelligence consumers must be addressed in a comprehensive intelligence plan? (Choose THREE)

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Tactical level (SIEM systems, Automated security controls, SOC analysts). Intelligence plans address strategic (executive), operational (managerial/defense), and tactical (technical/SOC) consumers.

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Corporate real estate leasing committees

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External consumer product marketing teams

Question 7

When planning a Threat Intelligence program budget, an organization must account for various resource categories. Which THREE resource categories should be included in the CTI program budget plan? (Choose THREE)

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Analyst professional development, training, and industry certifications. Budget planning for CTI must account for commercial tool subscriptions, personnel training/certifications, and intelligence platform licenses.

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Fleet vehicle insurance policies for corporate delivery trucks

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Commercial cafeteria food and beverage restocking contracts

Question 8

A threat hunter is using Sysmon to identify potential process hollowing. Which Event ID should the analyst prioritize in their hunting query?

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Event ID 8. Event ID 8 (CreateRemoteThread) is a primary indicator of process hollowing, where a process injects code into another process.

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Event ID 1

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Event ID 11

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Event ID 3

Question 9

During an investigation, you observe suspicious PowerShell execution with the -EncodedCommand flag. Which log provider should you consult to see the decoded script block content?

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Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell/Operational ID 4104. The Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell/Operational log (Event ID 4104) captures the full script block text, even if obfuscated or encoded.

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System Event ID 7040

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Application Event ID 1000

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Security Event ID 4688

Question 10

You are configuring a Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) Threat Intelligence Framework to ingest STIX data. Which specific lookup table must be populated to enable the 'Threat Activity' dashboard to correlate external indicators with internal notable events?

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threat_intel_by_str. The 'threat_intel_by_str' lookup table is the primary repository for normalized threat intelligence data that Splunk ES uses for correlation across its dashboards.

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assets_by_cidr

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threat_group_mapping

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notable_events_summary